Questions tagged [treaty]
Questions related to the official agreement between sovereign states and/or international organizations. The parties involved in the treaty hold an obligation onto themselves and if they fail to meet the requirements of said treaty, they're held liable under international law.
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Is apminebanconvention.org the official website of the Ottawa Treaty? Do posts there represent the official opinion of the signatories?
The website apminebanconvention.org has been cited as an official statement by member party states in an answer here. However the Wikipedia page on the treaty doesn't link to this website. So, is it ...
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What, if any, reactions have governments had to the US sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine?
One item which received relatively limited coverage last week was the Biden administration providing anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine. There was a lot more "buzz" around Russia's new ...
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Can a US president put a substantial tariff on cars made in Mexico, within the confines of USMCA?
For example, Trump recently said he plans to put a 100% tariff on cars assembled in Mexico.
Anything is possible possible if one throws away or renegotiates existing treaties, but can such a tariff be ...
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How Does India Prevent Sharing Sensitive Information Between the U.S. and Russia Under Separate Strategic Agreements?
India has entered into several strategic agreements with both the United States and Russia, involving the sharing of sensitive information, technology, and intelligence. Some key agreements include:
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Why is Germany not among the signatories of the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property?
Germany is one of the countries that has ratified the European Convention on State Immunities, but has not (even signed) the UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property.
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Why are there so few signatories of the European Convention on State Immunity?
The 1972 European Convention on State Immunity, which "sets out the circumstances under which a signatory may not claim immunity before a foreign court", only has minority of (8) European ...
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Is there any treaty that forbids the use of nuclear weapons in open air?
May 29 (Reuters) - A senior member of a Russian think tank whose ideas
sometimes become government policy has suggested Moscow consider a
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What consequences can Belarus and Ukraine face for refusing to issue passports abroad?
There are at least two countries in the world that have ceased to issue travel documents to their citizens abroad. In September last year, Belarusian diplomatic missions stopped issuing passports ...
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Do any international treaties prohibit sending weapons to terrorists?
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the ICJ found that Russia had violated the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism by failing to investigate people who had allegedly funded pro-...
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Can a treaty between sovereign states be anulled in the future on the basis that one of the signatories was not a democracy or otherwise "free"?
Reparation from colonialism is a topic that comes up from time to time. Poland demanded €1.3t from Germany for WWII reparations as recently as 2022. Although the issue was settled by the Potsdam ...
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Does The Bahamas have any formal defense treaties?
In relation to a recent question, if somebody were to attack The Bahamas (or one of their ships etc.) can The Bahamas formally invoke any explicit defense treaty with some country with more military ...
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What happens if a party signs a treaty and ratifies it but the other although signing it does not ratify it?
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, adopted in 1996 and known as the CTBT, bans all nuclear explosions anywhere in the world, although it has never fully entered into force. It was signed by ...
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What exactly was Russia supposed to get as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative?
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, was brokered in July of 2022 by Turkey (and the UN?), and involved Russia, Ukraine and other world states. Russia has recently (July 2023) allowed the deal to expire ...
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Why doesn't the US ratify treaties that have been widely ratified elsewhere?
The Wikipedia article List of treaties unsigned or unratified by the United States lists, among others, some famous treaties that have been widely ratified like the Convention on Rights of Persons ...
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Why does NATO accession require a treaty protocol?
Joining NATO is governed by Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which states:
The Parties may, by unanimous agreement, invite any other European State in a position to further the principles of ...
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Why do various treaties have easy denunciation clauses?
For example the international conventions on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Suppression and Punishment of the
Crime of Apartheid both have denunciation clauses that ...
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Are any active treaties with Native Americans actively being violated?
I realize that the US has violated many treaties with native peoples in the past.
Are there any active treaties with Native Americans that are currently being violated?
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Validity of international treaties signed by autocrats
When a democratic country entries an international treaty, its democratically elected leader signs the treaty and democratically elected parliament ratifies it, making the treaty be accepted by a ...
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Why didn't the US just complement Russia's security demands to avoid the invasion of Ukraine?
Shortly before the invasion of Ukraine happened, Russia sent its security demands to the USA. The USA rejected these proposals, and many people say they were unrealistic. However after reading the ...
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Is the US allowed to execute an airstrike on Afghan soil after withdrawal under the provisions of the agreement that enabled it?
The United States killed Al-Qaeda's chief in an airstrike on his house in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Though the agreement between the US and the Taliban is not public, one thing that is clear is that the US ...
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Is there a political solution to climate change without some kind of world government
A conservative opposition to anti Global Warming policy is that it will lead to a "One World Government". This is often derided as a conspiracy theory.
Here is a thought experiment:
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Are there examples of visa-free travel agreements between countries that have no mutual extradition agreements whatsoever?
I imagine that lack of extradition treaties is somewhat of a hindrance for establishing visa-free travel between countries, on the argument that if (potential) criminals can enter freely (and then do ...
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How did (a country like) Uzbekistan handle international treaties after declaring its independence?
Russia was recognized as the automatic successor of the USSR at the UN etc. Ukraine and Belarus also had enjoyed special status since the Yalta compromise, so they were members of the UN since 1945, ...
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Were treaties made with the Soviet Union automatically applicable to Russia?
Motivated by this other question which refers to a peace treaty made with the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. What then happened with the treaties made with the Soviet Union: were ...
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In 73 years has there really been only one occasion where NATO's Article 5 applied?
The September 11, 2001 attack on the US remains the only time NATO's Article 5 has been invoked. But during the existence of Article 5 has any NATO country suffered a significant qualifying attack (...
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What does the the 1992 treaty between Russia and Finland say specifically about alliances?
I only found a brief 3rd party summary that says:
In accordance with the new agreement, Finland was free to enter any political or military alliance with a third party.
But I'm having trouble ...
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How did Russia officially react to Finland unilaterally denouncing part III of the 1947 peace treaty?
In connection to a recent question, various sources (e.g.) say that in the 1990s Finland has denounced part III of the 1947 peace treaty with Russia. That part contains limitations on the Finnish ...
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Have the US and UK explained if they view sanctions on Belarus as breaching the Budapest Memorandum?
One of the clauses of the Budapest Memorandum is (page 20):
The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America reaffirm their ...
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Has Russia explained why Ukraine can trust them, given the Budapest memorandum?
It doesn't seem in dispute that Russia has breached the Budapest Memorandum, which among others said that Russia will "Respect Belarusian, Kazakh and Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the ...
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What happens if a single NATO country like Poland decides to send troops to help Ukraine and gets attacked, would Article 5 still be invoked? [duplicate]
It's pretty clear that NATO does not want to get militarily involved in the war between Russia and Ukraine. However a NATO country like Poland or Romania could still decide to send in troops to defend ...
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EU vs NATO membership: actions related to aid and defense required by the respective treaties?
Say there is a non-NATO, non-EU country, yet not Ukraine, at least not yet. (I stipulate the last because I don't want the current crisis to yet color the answers.)
What are the actual requirements as ...
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If Belarus allows deployment of Russian nuclear weapons on its territory (as Macron claims) would that violate any commitments Belarus has undertaken?
News is that:
French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his Belarus counterpart to demand that the country, Ukraine’s neighbor, quickly order Russian troops to leave, claiming Moscow has been given ...
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Do NATO Collective Defense obligations cascade when a member goes to war due to other defensive treaties?
What would happen if a NATO member was compelled to go to war because of a separate defense pact they were a part of?
As an example, Russia has threatened Sweden and Finland if they try to join NATO. ...
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What official status does the title of a treaty have?
In published collections of international treaties, each treaty will be set out as in this example
It starts with a title - e.g. Convention concerning the [description of subject matter] concluded ...
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What are some political subsets of the EU?
Somebody mentioned a Franco-Italian cooperation in the EU. I know that alliances like the Visegrád Group and the Three Seas Initiative are already around. Are there any other political cooperations ...
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Why isn't there a similar pressure on Israel to join the NPT, like with Iran?
According to many sources, including Reuters, Israel is not a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Why hasn't Israel been pressured and sanctioned in a similar manner to Iran when it actually ...
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Why have Bulgaria, Hungary, Mongolia, and Poland withdrawn from the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological…?
The full title is: ‘ Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency’
The declarations and reservations of the treaty is available here on the IAEA website.
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Are there precedents for treaties which only come into force once approved by the legislature of the all involved nations?
As a counter example , the Paris Agreement was merely signed in as an Executive Order by President Obama and was never approved by Congress. As a result, President Trump was able to leave the Paris ...
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Difference between a signatory and a member of the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment
Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment is an international treaty intended to standardize transactions involving movable property. However, I see that Chile only signed ...
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On what basis do presidential aircraft flying over enjoy immunity and inviolability?
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In the aftermath of the Evo Morales grounding incident there was some international outcry. According to Wikipedia:
In the aftermath of the incident, seven Latin American countries – ...
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What international laws or treaties are there, if any, that encourage countries to prevent people from leaving their countries illegally
Related question: Are there international laws that compel Mexico to prevent migrants from crossing the border and into the U.S.?. My question is not a duplicate because the question I linked is about ...
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Why would Turkey leave the Istanbul Convention (now)?
As of today, Turkey appears to have withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention, an effort by the Council of Europe to create a standard legal approach to battling violence against women and domestic abuse....
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NATO attacking EU: what happens?
What happens, from an international law point of view, if a NATO country which is not a member of EU, attacks (unprovoked) an EU country which is not a member of NATO?
Specifically, are the ...
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Which countries want to weaponize space?
I'd like to know which countries want to weaponize space and are against making a "peaceful space treaty".
To make myself clear:
I know more than 100 countries are parties to the Outer Space ...
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Has there been identifiable tension against the Outer Space Treaty or other key "idealistic" treaties regarding space flight?
There are a number of widely-signed treaties concerning outer space and travel into, colonization of, and exploration of space which many nations might find encumbering to their ambitions.
The Outer ...
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Is Canada required to allow transit to and from Alaska?
Currently, the US/Canada border is closed to "non-essential" travel. US citizens travelling to and from Alaska are allowed, with some restrictions, to make this journey by car.
Is the right ...
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Why hasn't Israel signed the biological weapons convention?
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Biological_Weapons_Convention
Refer to the section Non-signatory states
Out of the 10 states listed there, the Ratification status of ...
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What stops the US from getting Open Skies data from its allies?
Recently there's been news about how the US is intending to pull out of the Open Skies treaty, which allows participating nations to perform unarmed reconnaissance flights over each other's airspace.
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Under what domestic legal framework did Trump withdraw the US from UNESCO?
I've read that in Jan last year (2019):
The United States and Israel officially quit the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency at the stroke of midnight, the culmination of a process ...
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Why is France not a member of the Environmental Modification Convention?
What are the reasons that led France not to sign the Environmental Modification Convention? This can also be checked from here.
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